First deal made and looking towards uncertain future...

[Samuel Merrick]

Hello BP world,

 A little about my situation: I've been living on the road, working as a musician on a steady running touring Broadway show for the past two years, making an amazing salary. I've been fortunate enough to save a chunk of money, some of which I recently used to make my first deal, buying a single family home in Nashville, thats already rented out and cash flowing $350/m. I have a trusted team in place already and truly want to continue to invest in that general area. However, despite the paycheck, I have to come off the road at some point (maybe in a year from now?). I want to continue further down this path of real estate investing but I feel that there's an expiration date for me since the W2 will not always have my back. I realize there are no/low money down options and I have to be the one to grab the bull by the horns (which I'm doing to some extent by regularly taking in as much real-estate related content as possible), but I'm more just curious if anyone else has ever been in a similar situation where you felt like the clock is ticking. Would love to hear anyone else's experiences. Thanks in advance.

Sam